The time has come.I will post final lists this Sunday morning my time, so get your recommendations in.Here is my short and rpg deprived list - next year I promise I will have played enough to include a few.

IcoOutcastRealms of the HauntingFEARHalf LifeHalf Life 2Fahrenheit/Indigo ProphecyDeus ExTwinsuns Odyssey

argh, only 13! I've been Darksiding A LOT more these days and it's getting harder to narrow the list down. And I can't believe I'm actually recommending 2 games that are fairly hard and only have checkpoints to save at. I use to hate those kind of games. But if you can actually make it thru King Kong and POP Sands of Time it is some of the most satisfying fellings of accomplishment and exhileration ever.(and FUN TOO) In other words; What a rush!

A query.The original release of Silent Hill 2 appears to be a slightly different version from Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams. The first is a playstation exclusive release, the latter for other platforms including pc.They are pretty much the same game, but I am going to list it as Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams unless one of the persons who listed it says they specifically wanted the playstation original version.

I'm a Darkside newbie. I'm still playing Oblivion and oddly I'm not 100% sold (Its a huge beautiful game but not enough varity for my taste) so I'm going to wait to list it till I finish. I can't wait to play some of the others on everyones lists

Hi all,Well the top 3 remain the same, with not a lot of change in the top 10 recommendations. Oblivion is the best performing new entrant and by next year it might well challenge for the top spot. Alice, Undying and the Sims 2 all jumped up, and fairy battles also got a bit of a rise, but Psychic battles disappeared altogether. I have genre listed the top 20 plus ties based on Nickie’s categorisation last year (the genres will be finlaised later with the help of schwab35) and rpg’s certainly rule the roost – more reason I guess why I should play some What follows as usual is a numerical list and an alphabetical list. I tried to use full names and to show alternative titles. If I mucked any up I apologise in advance.Hopefully you will find the list useful in helping decide which little dark side jaunt you should take next. My wallet can testify I already have So without further ado.....

Thanks once again for making the effort to compile one of your enlightening lists

Interesting results, though not surprising, considering the audience here. RPGs are quite heavily favoured over action, probably due to most Boomers' preference for story and character development over twitch.

Kinda surprised that Deus Ex and Half-Life didn't fare better though. They both had involving stories and good adventuring/exploration possibilities. Two of the finest games ever created, IMO.